Essay About Math

subject had to be math. Mainly, because I was never really focused on it my main focus was english. Everyone has had that parent that makes a joke how do you not have an A in english and you speak it. My problems with math has always been a weakness in my education especially when later in life science started adding in math equations. I eventually learned to meet my full potential as a scholar changes had to be made. No matter how good I got a sports and recognized for it math was always a…

The first virtual math manipulative I would like to discuss is the virtual base ten blocks. Base ten blocks are a very versatile manipulative and can be used with many math concepts. The biggest advantage the virtual base ten blocks have over the physical base ten blocks is that the virtual ones require no storage space in the classroom. The second advantages is those with less dexterity can manipulate the virtual base ten blocks easier than the physical base ten blocks. However, a major…

in motivation and engagement exist as a result of a learning disability, identifying techniques to enrich learning experiences and positive outcomes is important. I believe in my future teaching experiences I can improve motivation and engagement in math by incorporating video games and holiday assignments. I have discussed throughout my assignments that one of the challenges that exist for me is how to incorporate technology more effectively in my instruction to improve learning outcomes. I…

with adults. She does occasionally still need reminders to actively listen during instruction. Maths Comment: Kanisha can independently write her numbers to 120 in correct order without any number reversals. She is confident in her maths abilities and skills and can fluently add within 20 (ex: 11+7= 18)…

Music, Drama and Art in the Hallways (An Argument Concerning the Validity of arts in Schools) School is supposed to be a place of learning and enrichment, but it doesn’t take long for the students to become uninterested with the same old, boring lessons that are pulled out of dusty textbooks. From calculus quizzes to English exams, the material learned isn’t always the most fun and interesting, to say the least. There is a way to make learning a bit more bearable and school a pinch more…

least favorite aspect of math problems; however, that may all change in the future due to today’s students receiving thorough instruction on word problems through the use of teachers using the Common Core Initiative. In order for students to appreciate word problems they must first understand what the problem is asking them solve and they must also understand the information that the word problem has given them. The eight mathematical practices teach students to understand math problems and to…

fears the impact medication would have on him. He struggles in all of his classes but math. He is very advanced in math, so advanced that he receives challenge problems and often helps students figure out problems if they are having difficulty. He is still very disruptive in Math but he does his work. He rarely does his work in our class or any other humanities class for that matter. We have heard that the math teacher has used positive…

Currently I attend Ben Bronz Academy in West Hartford Connecticut. This school has a rather small community with about thirty students. From a young age school had been a struggle for me, as I am dyslexic. Being dyslexic had always caused me to feel like I was fighting an uphill battle that knew no end. As a fifth grader I entered a new school, a school where students were to call their teachers by their first name, a school with classes called ‘decoding’ and ‘morphographs’, a school that was…

access point. In many math classrooms across the nation, there are a variety of skills that come with students that need to be taken into consideration when looking at curriculum. I believe that the best mathematical tasks are those that allow a student who is two or three level below grade level and a student at grade level to access the problem from their perspective and skill level. Tasks that are accessible by a variety of levels prove that there are different ways to solve a math problem…

A typical day at the Angevine IHAD program consists of the students starting in their homeroom. In their homerooms, they write down what they have to do for the day and Kate checks off their plan. There were seven students in Kate’s homeroom today. After planner checks, we head to flex time, which is after-school recess. The seven students, Kate, and I returned to the homeroom after flex time to begin academic time. Today, the students all took their seats. Taylor* and Eric* sat near each other…